Effects of Gemini Surfactants on Model Phosphatidylcholine Bilayers in the Fluid Lamellar Phase
Science Direct Working Paper No S1574-0331(04)70560-3
6 Pages Posted: 14 Jun 2017 Last revised: 6 Jan 2018
Date Written: January 2003
Abstract
The influence of 1,4-butanediamonium-N,N’-dialkyl-N,N,N’,N’-tetramethyl dibromides (CmA, m=7-16 is the number of alkyl carbons) on the egg yolk phosphatidylcholine (EYPC) bilayer thickness and lipid surface area at the bilayer – aqueous phase interface is studied using x-ray diffraction on fluid lamellar CmA+EYPC+HO phases. At the constant CmA:EYPC=0.4 and HO:EYPC=18 molar ratios, the bilayer thickness and the lipid surface area show nonlinear dependencies on the alkyl chain length m with the extremes at m=9.
Keywords: Physical Chemistry > Colloid and Surface Chemistry, physchem/0301007
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